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HENU makes another breakthrough in biology

Recently, the National Natural Science Foundation of China officially issued the notice on the approval of 2022 internationally (regional) joint projects, and the project “Research on the Effects of Rapeseed Antioxidants on Diabetes and the Complications and Functions of Rapeseed”, applied by Prof. Daojie WANG, Executive Dean of the College of Agriculture, and Prof. Ali Akbar Moosavi-Movahedi, University of Tehran, was on the list. This Project represents one of breakthroughs in biology discipline of Henan University in recent years.


The joint projects are based on the agreement signed by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and the Iranian Natural Science Foundation (INSF), and the consensus reached thereafter. In 2021, both sides will jointly fund the cooperative projects to support substantive cooperation and exchanges among scientists from both countries. Through public solicitation, a total of 217 project applications were received, and 15 projects were finally funded through the review of experts and negotiation between both sides. The projects are being implemented from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2024 (3 years), with a direct funding of 2 million yuan.


This Project, through the cooperation between China and Iran on the systematical analysis of typical rapeseed germplasm resources from two countries, aims to find out the impacts of natural antioxidant components such as unsaturated fatty acids, flavonoids and polyphenols, on the diabetes model mice, specifically on the physiological and biochemical indicators, nervous system and intestinal flora. In this way, it is feasible to anchor the antioxidants that have significant effects on diabetes and its complications, and discover key genes in antioxidant synthesis that have alleviation or auxiliary effects on the treatment of diabetes, to develop new rape cultivars (lines) with high yield, high nutritional levels and multifunction. This Project will facilitate the systematically understanding of rapeseed antioxidants' function mechanisms on diabetes and its complications, and thus provide guidance for the prevention and treatment. It also provides valuable guidance for China and Iran to conduct efficient mining of crop germplasm resources like rapeseed.


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